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Picture Books

Vampire Peter ©20
by Ben Manley
Poor Peter always gets the blame, even when it’s not his fault. That’s what
happens when you’re the only vampire in the school.

978-1-7284-3892-4 • LIST: $27.90/DISC: $22.32
Trade Hardcover • 32 Pages • 11” x 9 1/2”
Reading Level: Grade 2 • Interest Level: Grades PK-3
Colour Illustrations, Original Artwork, Free Online Content
Lerner Publishing Group • Fall 2021

We Want Snow: A Wintry Chant ©21
by Jamie A. Swenson
In this raucous, rhyming plea for snow, a group of youngsters imagines
the cold-weather delights they’ll enjoy once winter arrives. From sledding
down hills and skating on ponds to building snow forts and snowmen to
sharing crackling fires and mugs of hot cocoa, they want snow and plenty
of it! The snow can’t arrive soon enough. But once the flakes start to fall,
are the youngsters in for more than they bargained for? Readers young
and old will enjoy this celebration of winter’s snowy activities, recalling 978-1-53411-075-5 • LIST: $22.95/DISC: $18.36
past pleasures and imagining future ones. Hardcover • 32 Pages • 10” x 10”
Reading Level: Grade 1 • Interest Level: Grades K-3
“Though the meter isn’t consistent, the repeated chorus is catchy, and everyone Colour Illustrations
reading this will recognize kids’ fickle attitudes toward the weather and seasons.”
—Kirkus Reviews Sleeping Bear Press • Fall 2021

We Wear Masks ©20
by Marla Lesage
In this picture book, readers are introduced to all sorts of professionals
and other people who wear masks in their daily lives and are reminded
that wearing a mask to limit the spread of germs is an act of kindness.
“A book for the moment in which we find ourselves, and it offers a ready avenue
for opening discussions with our children about what is occurring in the world
around them. Recommended.”—CM: Canadian Review of Materials
978-1-4598-2879-7 • LIST: $19.95/DISC: $15.96
Hardback • 32 Pages • 9” x 9”
Reading Level: Grade PK
Colour Illustrations
Orca Book Publishers • Spring 2021

We’re All in the Same Boat ©21
by Barney Saltzberg
How can groups work well together? What happens when a bunch of
animals find themselves in a boat together? Do they sink or swim?

978-1-9395-4796-5 • LIST: $29.45/DISC: $23.56
Trade Hardcover • 32 Pages • 8” x 8”
Reading Level: Grade 1 • Interest Level: Grades PK-2
Colour Illustrations, Original Artwork
Lerner Publishing Group • Fall 2021

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